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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abel-Mizraim

the mourning of Egyptians

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Meadow of Egypt, or mourning of Egypt, a place "beyond," i.e., on the west of Jordan, at the "threshing-floor of Atad." Here the Egyptians mourned seventy days for Jacob (Genesis 50:4-11). Its site is unknown.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ABEL-MIZRAIM

a'-bel-miz'-ra-im ('abhel mitsrayim, "meadow of Egypt"): A name given to "the threshing floor of Atad," East of the Jordan and North of the Dead Sea, because Joseph and his funeral party from Egypt there held their mourning over Jacob (Genesis 50:11). The name is a pun. The Canaanite residents saw the 'ebhel, "the mourning," and therefore that place was called 'abhel mitsrayim.

It is remarkable that the funeral should have taken this circuitous route, instead of going directly from Egypt to Hebron. Possibly a reason may be found as we obtain additional details in Egyptian history. The explanations which consist in changing the text, or in substituting the North Arabian Mutsri for Mitsrayim, are unsatisfactory. Willis J. Beecher

Strong's Hebrew

67. Abel Mitsrayim -- "meadow of Egypt," a place East of the ...
... "meadow of Egypt," a place East of the Jordan. Transliteration: Abel Mitsrayim Phonetic
Spelling: (aw-bale' mits-rah'-yim) Short Definition: Abel-mizraim. ...
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Library

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
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Thesaurus

Abelmizraim (1 Occurrence)
... Its site is unknown. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABEL-MIZRAIM. ... Willis J.
Beecher. Multi-Version Concordance Abelmizraim (1 Occurrence). ...
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Abel-mizraim (1 Occurrence)
Abel-mizraim. Abelmizraim, Abel-mizraim. A'bel-Mizraim . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Abelmizraim, Abel-mizraim. A'bel-Mizraim . Reference Bible.
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Atad (2 Occurrences)
... the remains of their father Jacob, made for seven days a "great and very sore
lamentation." On this account the Canaanites called it "Abel-mizraim" (Genesis 50 ...
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A'bel-Mizraim (1 Occurrence)
A'bel-Mizraim. Abel-mizraim, A'bel-Mizraim. Abel's . Multi-Version Concordance ...
(See RSV). Abel-mizraim, A'bel-Mizraim. Abel's . Reference Bible.
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Grain-floor (27 Occurrences)
... the people of Canaan, at the grain-floor of Atad, saw their grief, they said, Great
is the grief of the Egyptians: so the place was named Abel-mizraim, on the ...
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Inhabitant (54 Occurrences)
... saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by
the Egyptians." Therefore, its name was called AbelMizraim, which is beyond ...
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Threshing (57 Occurrences)
... of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim, which
is beyond the Jordan. (DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 26 ...
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Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)
... mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore the name of it was called Abel-Mizraim,
which is beyond the Jordan. (DBY YLT). Exodus 22:29 ...
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Egyptians (108 Occurrences)
... saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning by
the Egyptians." Therefore, its name was called AbelMizraim, which is beyond ...
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Bible Concordance

Abel-mizraim (1 Occurrence)

Genesis 50:11 And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
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Subtopics

Abel-Mizraim

Abel-Mizraim: Place where the Israelites Mourned for Jacob

Related Terms

Abel-mizraim (1 Occurrence)

Atad (2 Occurrences)

A'bel-Mizraim (1 Occurrence)

Grain-floor (27 Occurrences)

Inhabitant (54 Occurrences)

Threshing (57 Occurrences)

Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)

Egyptians (108 Occurrences)